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Rod Hall on bombing run at Bundaberg Airshow

Rod Hall on a simulated bombing run
at the Bundaberg Airshow in 2005

Coffs Harbour Airshow - Sunday September 27 2008

JetFighter to be an exciting part of the Coffs Harbour Airshow 2008 – celebrating 80 years of aviation in the area.

JetFighter is a regular participant in a number of air shows around the country and again both BAC Strikemasters will be on display and will fully demonstrate the aircraft’s capabilities in the following profiles:

  • Combat chase sequence
  • Formation sequence
  • Individual display sequences by Captain Rodney Hall and Squadron Leader Jason Easthope

Limited Adventure flights will be available on Friday 25th and Sunday 27th September flying with both Captain Rodney Hall and Squadron Leader Jason Easthope.

Background : Coffs Harbour Airshow

After the successful staging of the 2007 Airshow the Coffs Harbour & District Aero Club are to stage an airshow in 2008 to celebrate the formation of the club and establishment of the airport in 1928. The event will acknowledge 80 years in aviation.

The 2008 airshow is planned to be bigger and better than last year and is to be held over the weekend from Friday 26th September Saturday 27th September and Sunday 28th September with the main air display on Saturday 27th. Public access will be allowed on Saturday and Sunday to view aircraft departures and take advantage of various joy and adventure flights in a wide variety of aircraft.

Coffs Harbour Regional Airport was established by the City Council in 1928 and, apart from being taken over as an RAAF airbase during WWII, has grown in the 80 years of its operation to a major regional hub for civil airlines with regular passenger and cargo flights to Sydney, Brisbane and other centres up and down the east coast.

 

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Jason 'Easty' Easthope featured on SBS's Real Top Guns

The challenges, adventures and behind-the-scenes family lives of fighter pilots and aspiring Top Guns' in the Royal Australian Air Force.

Real Top Guns is a TV series about Australian fighter pilots and the dramas of their day. It's not all about their amazing flying machines and their adventures in the air. Real Top Guns relies on personal stories; we go home with key characters and follow family story lines.

All the main characters suffer constant performance reviews that could have immediate effects on their careers and personal lives. The stakes are always high.

Top Gun pilots and rookies striving to take their places live highly disciplined lives; they work hard and after hours they play hard.

PilotTop Gun pilots and rookies striving to take their places live highly disciplined lives; they work hard and after hours they play hard.

Pilots with families have the difficult job of co-coordinating highly demanding jobs with raising kids.

Squadron Leader Jason Easthope is a current Fighter Instructor on the FA-18 Hornet based at RAAF Williamtown and we are lucky enough to have him fly regularly with us conducting the always popular adventure flights.

 
 
 

Real Top Guns - Episode 6

Combat-ready fighter pilots from across Australia descend on the Northern Territory for an exercise called Aces North.

On the blue team are 6 pilots in training to become Fighter Combat Instructors. On the red team are 35 pilots including Kartik Maharaj and Jason Easthope.

Blue team’s mission is to evacuate a platoon of trapped infantry from a secret airstrip deep in the Australian desert but they’ll be vastly outnumbered by swarms of attacking Hornets and F-111’s.

For the first time ever, cameras are allowed into the inner circle of Australia’s elite fighter pilot squadrons
 
 

Real Top Guns - Episode 5

One of the hottest flyers in the Air Force, Jason Easthope, goes dog fighting at Mach 2.

A father of four who watched his mate and commanding officer crash to his death beside him in a training drill gone wrong, “Easty” has seen it all in the air. He’s preparing for war games against the most ambitious young flyers in the Air Force, the FCI’s; elite pilots training to be Fighter Combat Instructors.

Led by one of the most valued and experienced fighter pilots in the country, Matt Hall, the FCI’s are getting ready to take on the rest of the Air Force, outnumbered four-to-one in a giant aerial punch-up called Aces North.